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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

2 entries under this word

Laver

Lā'ver, n.

noun

n. [O. Fr. lavoir, lavoer, lavouer, from laver, to wash.]

  1. A vessel for washing; a large basin.
  2. (Script. Hist.) A basin placed in the court of the Jewish tabernacle, where the officiating priests washed their hands and feet, and the entrails of victims.
  3. One who laves; a washer. [Obs.]
A Jewish priest stands beside a large ornamental laver and a smaller vessel.
Jewish Priest and Laver.

Lā'ver, n.

noun

n. The fronds of certain marine plants, used as food. Green laver is the Ulva latissima; purple laver, Porphyra laciniata and P. vulgaris. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with other vegetables, and with various condiments;—called also sloke, or sloakan. Eng. Cyc.